Butterfly Attracting Plant Drought Tolerant Plant For Sale In Anchorage

Ligustrum vulgare are hardy plants and tolerate temperatures down to 20 degrees F. A black dye can also be obtained from the fruit as well as an ink. Good tree for beginners because the stems are flexible and responsive to shaping.

The root is cardiac and febrifuge. The leaves are harvested before and during flowering, the pods are harvested when fully ripe in the autumn. Both are dried for later use. An infusion has been used in the treatment of fevers and heart problems.

* The plant is used for a variety of medicinal purposes and smoked by Native American groups. * Nicotiana glauca is a species of wild tobacco known by the common name tree tobacco.

* A species of flowering plant in the family Fabaceae ,native to South China (which includes Hong Kong ) and southeastern Asia * Common names include Hong Kong Orchid Tree, and Hawaiian orchid tree.

* Celtis africana is a tree in the Cannabaceae family. * It is a fast growing and popular garden tree in South Africa and is easily propagated. It is fast growing and relatively drought resistant making it a good bonsai.The flowers bloom in the spring...

Great cut flower. Drought and deer resistant. Panicles grow up to 10'' and feature raspberry and butterscotch yellow florets beginning in summer and lasting into fall. Grows 6-8' tall.

* Oregano is an important flavouring herb in Mediterranean cookery,and is often used dried rather than fresh. * A variable species found in dry soil and full sun from Europe to China; stems to 3' with purple bracts and very attractive purple, pink, or...

It grows at elevations of 450–1,500 metres (1,480–4,920 ft). * The northernmost stand, in Orange County, which comprises a large area on the upper limits of Coal Canyon and on Sierra Peak in the Santa Ana Mountains, burned in a 2006 wildfire.

It has very soft serrated leaves that can grow up to 4 inches wide. * It grows to a height of 3 metres and has whorls of striking lipped flowers, that are most commonly orange, but can vary to red, white, and purple.

* Lance-leaved coreopsis produces yellow flowers in late summer. * The lance-leaved coreopsis , Coreopsis lanceolata , is a species of coreopsis (Tickseed). It is commonly kept as an ornamental plant.

It has since been determined to be very invasive and so is being eradicated many places. The fruits are not comsumed in the fall by birds so it does provide a nice winter food source.

Its main use in present day herbalism is for relieving the pain and inflammation of pleurisy. It was much used by the North American Indians and acquired a reputation as a heal-all amongst the earlier white settlers.

* Palestine Strawberry Clover was developed in Australia and is very tolerant of adverse conditions. * It can be slow to establish but it will hold up to grazing, high saline soils, wet soils and can take some shade.

* The word chaparral is derived from the Spanish word for scrub oak, chaparro. * The California Scrub Oak ( Quercus berberidifolia ) is a small evergreen or semi-evergreen shrubby oak in the white oak section.

The leaves can be used either fresh or dried. * A woody-stemmed aromatic plant, long used for flavoring foods; sometimes used as a ground cover or rock garden plant; 1/2" evergreen leaves, upright flowering spikes in May; native to southern Europe.

* This variety is upright growing, very columnar. * Plants can be grown as an informal (untrimmed) hedge, though they are also amenable to trimming. * The cultivar 'Tallhedge' has been selected for hedging.

Tiny, white flowers appear in terminal or axillary spikelets in July. It is very similar to Origanum vulgare (common oregano), except it is much more pungent and is a better choice for cooking purposes.

* The bark is cathartic, febrifuge and tonic. * Habitat and Range: sandy, gravelly, or rocky slopes, often growing in areas underlain by limestone bedrock. A decoction of the roots has been used in the treatment of kidney complaints and TB.

Great cut flower. Grows 4-8' tall. Drought and deer resistant. Wonderful lightly scented clusters of white, red and purple flowers can measure one to two feet in length. Aptly named, the butterfly bush attracts loads of butterflies and is also a favorite...

Attracts butterflies. Deer resistant. Grow 12-16'' tall. Blooms from early summer into fall! Enjoy masses of 3'' orange-red blooms tipped with yellow. Winner of the prestigous 2005 Fleuroselect Gold Medal!

The leaves are long-stalked and uniquely divided into two leaflets about 1 1/2 inches long. Named for Ferdinand Roemer, a German geologist who collected specimens in the New Braunfels, Texas, area from 1845-47.

* Bright yellow flowers.

Ponderosa, as detailed on that page. Washoensis populations do not warrant distinction as a variety or even a subspecies of P. Ponderosa is distinguishable in the field and certainly occurs at the type locality (Mount Rose, Nevada).

Fruticosa grows as a glandular, thornless shrub which can reach 5 or 6 meters in height and spread to twice that in width. * Dark purple or purplish blue flowers in spikes; fast, coarse growth, good for dry, poor soil.

Petiole 2-4.5 cm; leaf blade often purplish red when young, greenish when mature, cordate or triangular-orbicular, * Open or dense forests, mountain slopes, along valleys near roads, on rocks; 600-1900 m.

The seeds are also oily, leading to its other common name, "greasegrass". The grass is often confused with Johnson grass . In mass, this species puts a purple top on old fields and open woods.

The Purple D'Oro daylily prefers full sun. Growing only 20'' tall, you will be able to find several places for it in your garden. The Purple D'Oro daylily is a wonderfully colored reblooming daylily.